Soham murderer Ian Huntley had his life support switched off today and is hours away from dying after he was brutally attacked in HMP Frankland, it is claimed
Ian Huntley had his life support switched off today and is just hours from death, new reports claim.
It comes after it was reported that the Soham murderer had been declared blind following an attack in HMP Frankland in County Durham last week.
Huntley, 52, was rushed to hospital last Thursday following the assault at HMP Frankland in County Durham. Sources told how medics “worked miracles” to save him, and how prison staff assumed he was dead when they found him in a pool of blood.
Earlier this week the Mirror revealed that Huntley will not be sent back to the jail known as Monster Mansion if he recovers. His injuries are so horrific that he will instead be sent to Ashworth Hospital on Merseyside.
According to The Sun, medics have now withdrawn the ventilator that was keeping him alive following consultations with his mother Lynda Richards.
Sources told the publication that the decision was taken at around lunchtime after brain tests showed he was in a vegetative state. They also claimed his mum was by his bedside.
A source told the publication: “This is it, this is the end of Huntley. He is effectively dead and, at the best, is drawing his last breaths.
“No one who has dealt with him is shedding a tear. Even his mother has accepted that this is for the best, having seen him and knowing what a state he is in.
“He never really recovered from the beating he took, and never stood much of a chance of doing so. Huntley had been attacked loads of times in prison so the day he was killed was always likely to arrive.” The Ministry of Justice declined to comment.
Previously, Huntley was given just a 5% chance of survival after he was struck multiple times with a metal pole and left with severe head injuries, reports claimed. Emergency services raced to the Category A prison at around 9am on February 26.
In an update on his condition yesterday, a spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: “There has been no change in the 52-year-old man’s condition overnight – he remains in hospital in a serious condition.”
After the vicious assault, the double murderer was rushed to hospital in an ambulance, with armed police forming an escort in front and behind. Two prison guards and an armed officer were inside the ambulance during the high-security operation.
A source said: “He was placed in an induced coma because he was so close to death. The team from the helicopter travelled with him but he could not be evacuated by air in case of any complications. He was transported by road because he was in a coma; this helps to keep him stable.
“The helicopter then travels to the hospital to collect the medics. Two armed officers are guarding Huntley around the clock at the hospital.”
Huntley is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of murdering schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in August 2002. He will not be eligible for parole until at least 2042.